Queensland Holidays - Useful Links -

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA): www.gbrmpa.gov.au
Principal adviser to the Commonwealth Government on the care and development of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Reef Ed: www.reefed.edu.au
A wonderful collection of resources about the animals, plants, habitats and features of the Great Barrier Reef

CRC Reef Research Centre: www.reef.crc.org.au
Cooperative Research Centre for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Reef Check Australia: www.reefcheckaustralia.org
Australian branch of a global network of volunteers who regularly monitor and report on reef health.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): www.epa.qld.gov.au
Queensland Government National Parks and Wildlife Management Service

Dive Queensland: www.dive-queensland.com.au
Queensland Dive Industry Association

National Shipwrecks Database: http://eied.deh.gov.au/nsd/public/welcome.cfm
Collective record of all known shipwrecks in Australian Waters

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology: www.bom.gov.au/weather/qld

Dive Training Associations:
PADI: www.padi.com
SSI: www.ssidiving.com
NAUI: www.naui.org
BSAC: www.bsac.org
CMAS: www.cmas.co.za
FFESSM: www.ffessm.fr
PDIC: www.pdic-intl.com
YMCA: www.ymcascuba.org

Department of Industrial Relations Workplace Health & Safety: www.dir.qld.gov.au/workplace/subjects/diving/

Whitsunday Charter Boat Industry Association (WCBIA): www.wcbia.com

Association of Marine Park Tour Operators (AMPTO): www.ampto.com.au

UNESCO World Heritage Centre: www.whc.unesco.org

Divers Alert Network Asia-Pacific (DAN): www.danasiapacific.org
A not-for-profit member-based organisation that strives to improve the safety of diving for all divers via pursuits that include funding and/or manning 24-hour diving emergency hotlines, providing worldwide emergency evacuation, offering various training opportunities (e.g. first aid and oxygen provision) and undertaking data collection and research.

Project AWARE: www.projectaware.org/
Project AWARE is the dive industry’s leading nonprofit environmental organisation dedicated to conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy and action.